Installation Guide - OBM - Solaris

System Requirement

Operating System : Sun Solaris 2.5 or above
Memory : 128 Mbytes
Disk Space : 100 Mbytes
Network Protocol : TCP/IP (Http/Https)

Download

OBM - Online Backup Manager (obm-solaris.tar.gz)

Get Started - X Window Mode

Download the setup file (obm-solaris.tar.gz) above and run it
Set the OBM_HOME environment variable (directory to where Online Backup Manager is to be installed)
export OBM_HOME=/usr/local/obm
Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable (directory where J2SE Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.x has been installed)
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.x; export JAVA_HOME
Unpack the install file to OBM_HOME
mkdir $OBM_HOME
cd $OBM_HOME
gunzip -c obm-solaris.tar.gz | tar -xf -
Set the DISPLAY environment variables
export DISPLAY=IP_ADDRESS_OF_XTERMINAL[:0.0]

For example

export DISPLAY=:0.0
or export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1
or export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
or export DISPLAY=192.168.0.2
or export DISPLAY=192.168.0.2:0.0
Run Online Backup Manager
sh $OBM_HOME/bin/BackupManager.sh &
(Optional) Enter the backup server host name in the [Address] field and press the [Next] button.
If you don't have a backup account, select [Trial Registration] and press the [Next] button
1. Enter the [Login Name] and [Password] of your choice
2. Enter your [Email address] in the text field provided
3. Press the [Submit] button
4. You should be logged to the backup server already (if the [Login Name] of your choice is already taken by another user, try a different login name)
If you have a backup account already, select [User Logon] and logon to the server with your existing username and password.
If this is the first time you logon to the server, you will be guided to setup a backup set
1. Enter a backup set name of your choice in the [Name] field
2. Select the files that you want to backup
3. Setup the backup schedule by pressing the [Properties] button (please note that you can add multiple backup schedules to a backup set)
4. Setup the encryption setting for your backup set (if you don't know much about encryption, just accept the default values here)
5. Press the [Finish] button
To run a backup immediately, select your backup set from the left panel and press the [Start Backup] button above. Select [Off-site Backup Server] and press the [OK] button.
Select the backup set to run and press the [Start Backup] button
If you want scheduled backup to run automatically, you must start the backup scheduler by

nohup sh $OBM_HOME/bin/Scheduler.sh > /dev/null

All backup sets will now be run at their scheduled times automatically.
(Optional) Start backup scheduler on machine startup
1. Copy the startup file, S99Obs, to machine startup script location /etc/rc3.d
  cp $OBM_HOME/bin/S99Obs /etc/rc3.d
2. if you have not installed Online Backup Manager to /usr/local/obm, you need to open the startup file S99Obsand change the OBM_HOME environment variable setting, which can be found at the beginning of the file, to the directory where you have installed the software.
Setup completed.

Get Started - Command Line Mode

Download the setup file (obm-solaris.tar.gz) above
Set the OBM_HOME environment variable (directory to where Online Backup Manager is to be installed)
export OBM_HOME=/usr/local/obm
Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable (directory where J2SE Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.x has been installed)
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.x; export JAVA_HOME
Unpack the install file to OBM_HOME
mkdir $OBM_HOME
cd $OBM_HOME
gunzip -c obm-solaris.tar.gz | tar -xf -
Adding, updating and removing a backup set
1. If you want to update a backup set, make changes to a backup set and press the [Update] button
2. If you want to add a new backup set, click the [Add] link
3. If you want to remove a backup set, Select the backup set to be remove and click the [Remove] link
Using Backup Configurator

sh $OBM_HOME/bin/Configurator.sh
Enter your Login Name, Password, Backup Server URL and proxy setting as shown below
Login Name: userXXX
Password: *******************
Backup Server URL: xxx.yyy.com
Which Protocol ? (1) Http (2) Https : 1
Use proxy ? (Y)es or (N)o : Y
Proxy Type ? (1) Http/Https Proxy (2) SOCKS : 1
Enter proxy server : aaa.bbb.com
Enter proxy port : xxx
Enter proxy username (optional) : administrator
Enter proxy password (optional) : *******************
If you have created a new backup set using the web interface, you set the encrypting key, the encrypting algorithm and the encrypting mode of this backup set by following instructions below.
Important: You cannot change these parameters once they are set

Found new backup set 'xxx'
Please enter the following values for this backup set:

Encrypting Algorithm ?
(1) Twofish (2) AES (3) Triple DES (4) No encryption : 1
Encrypting Key: *******************
Re-Enter Encrypting Key: *******************
Encrypting Mode ? (1) ECB (2) CBC : 1
Run scheduled backup on this computer ? (Y)es or (N)o : Y
If you want to make any changes to the setting above, you can use the main menu below to do so.
Main Menu:
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(1). List Backup Setting
(2). Change Password
(3). Change Network Setting
(4). Change run scheduled backup setting
(5). Quit

Your Choice:
You can then run a backup by executing the command below.
sh $OBM_HOME/bin/RunBackupSet.sh [BACKUP_SET]

where [BACKUP_SET] is the name of backup set to be run
If you want scheduled backup to run automatically, you must start the backup scheduler by
nohup sh $OBM_HOME/bin/Scheduler.sh > /dev/null

All backup sets will now be run at their scheduled times automatically.
(Optional) Start backup scheduler on machine startup
1. Copy the startup file, S99Obs, to machine startup script location /etc/rc3.d
  cp $OBM_HOME/bin/S99Obs /etc/rc3.d
2. if you have not installed Online Backup Manager to /usr/local/obm, you need to open the startup file S99Obs and change the OBM_HOME environment variable setting, which can be found at the beginning of the file, to the directory where you have installed the software.
Setup completed.

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